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50. Surah Qaf

The Letter "Qaf"

Read and listen to the full Surah Qaf (Chapter 50), consisting of 45 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 26), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
50:18
ما يلفظ من قول الا لديه رقيب عتيد ١٨
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌۭ ١٨
١٨
not a word does a person utter without having a ˹vigilant˺ observer ready ˹to write it down˺.1 
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50:19
وجاءت سكرة الموت بالحق ذالك ما كنت منه تحيد ١٩
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ ١٩
١٩
˹Ultimately,˺ with the throes of death will come the truth.1 This is what you were trying to escape!
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50:20
ونفخ في الصور ذالك يوم الوعيد ٢٠
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ ٢٠
٢٠
And the Trumpet will be blown.1 This is the Day ˹you were˺ warned of.
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50:21
وجاءت كل نفس معها سايق وشهيد ٢١
وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌۭ وَشَهِيدٌۭ ٢١
٢١
Each soul will come forth with an angel to drive it and another to testify.
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50:22
لقد كنت في غفلة من هاذا فكشفنا عنك غطاءك فبصرك اليوم حديد ٢٢
لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌۭ ٢٢
٢٢
˹It will be said to the denier,˺ “You were totally heedless of this. Now We have lifted this veil of yours, so Today your sight is sharp!”
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50:23
وقال قرينه هاذا ما لدي عتيد ٢٣
وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ ٢٣
٢٣
And one’s accompanying-angel will say, “Here is the record ready with me.”
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50:24
القيا في جهنم كل كفار عنيد ٢٤
أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ ٢٤
٢٤
˹It will be said to both angels,˺ “Throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever,
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50:25
مناع للخير معتد مريب ٢٥
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍۢ مُّرِيبٍ ٢٥
٢٥
withholder of good, transgressor, and doubter,
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50:26
الذي جعل مع الله الاها اخر فالقياه في العذاب الشديد ٢٦
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ٢٦
٢٦
who set up another god with Allah. So cast them into the severe punishment.”
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50:27
۞ قال قرينه ربنا ما اطغيته ولاكن كان في ضلال بعيد ٢٧
۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ ٢٧
٢٧
One’s ˹devilish˺ associate will say, “Our Lord! I did not make them transgress. Rather, they were far astray ˹on their own˺.”
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